Knockdown of the MAPK P38 Pathway Increases the Susceptibility of Chilo Suppressalis Larvae to Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry1Ca Toxin

Overview

Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2017 Mar 7

PMID 28262736

Citations 11

Authors

Lin Qiu

Jinxing Fan

Lang Liu

Boyao Zhang

Xiaoping Wang

Chaoliang Lei

Yongjun Lin

Weihua Ma

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Abstract

The bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) produces a wide range of toxins that are effective against a number of insect pests. Identifying the mechanisms responsible for resistance to Bt toxin will improve both our ability to control important insect pests and our understanding of bacterial toxicology. In this study, we investigated the role of MAPK pathways in resistance against Cry1Ca toxin in Chilo suppressalis, an important lepidopteran pest of rice crops. We first cloned the full-length of C. suppressalis mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) p38, ERK1, and ERK2, and a partial sequence of JNK (hereafter Csp38, CsERK1, CsERK2 and CsJNK). We could then measure the up-regulation of these MAPK genes in larvae at different times after ingestion of Cry1Ca toxin. Using RNA interference to knockdown Csp38, CsJNK, CsERK1 and CsERK2 showed that only knockdown of Csp38 significantly increased the mortality of larvae to Cry1Ca toxin ingested in either an artificial diet, or after feeding on transgenic rice expressed Cry1Ca. These results suggest that MAPK p38 is responsible for the resistance of C. suppressalis larvae to Bt Cry1Ca toxin.

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